Who did Joni Mitchell write ‘Help Me’ about? Like any great folk singer, she could always bring people to their knees when writing love songs. Though ‘Help Me’ might seem like a traditional love song, there’s a lot more nuance underneath this tune’s hood. Of course, one of Mitchell’s greatest strengths as a songwriter was her refusal to paint romance in black and white. While much of the singer-songwriter movement of the 1970s thrived on confessional writing, Mitchell rarely offered neat resolutions or easy villains.